Terrestrial adjective [ Latin terrestris , from terra the earth. See Terrace .] 1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. "Bodies terrestrial ." 1 Cor. xv. 40. 2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. "The dark terrestrial ball." Addison. 3. Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.

Vain labors of terrestrial wit.

Spenser.

A genius bright and base, Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims.

Young. 4. Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.

The terrestrial parts of the globe.

Woodward. 5. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope. -- Ter*res"tri*al*ly , adverb -- Ter*res"tri*al*ness , noun

Terrestrial noun An inhabitant of the earth.

Terrestrify transitive verb [ Latin terrestris terrestrial + -fy .] To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Terrier noun 1. [ French terrier , chien terrier , from terre the earth, Latin terra ; confer French terrier a burrow, Late Latin terrarium a hillock (hence the sense, a mound thrown up in making a burrow, a burrow). See Terrace , and confer Terrier , 2.] (Zoology) One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears. » Most kinds of terriers are noted for their courage, the acuteness of their sense of smell, their propensity to hunt burrowing animals, and their activity in destroying rats, etc. See Fox terrier , under Fox . 2. [ French terrier , papier terrier , Late Latin terrarius liber , i.e., a book belonging or pertaining to land or landed estates. See Terrier , 1, and confer Terrar .] (Law) (a) Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like. (b) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like. [ Written also terrar .]

Terrine noun [ French See Tureen .] 1. A dish or pan, originally of earthenware, such as those in which various dishes are cooked and served; esp., an earthenware jar containing some table delicacy and sold with its contents. 2. (Cookery) A kind of ragout formerly cooked and served in the same dish; also, a dish consisting of several meats braised together and served in a terrine. 3. A soup tureen.

Territorial adjective [ Latin territorialis : confer French territorial .] 1. Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction. 2. Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial . 3. Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; as, Territorial governments.

Territorial waters (Internat. Law) The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state; specif., the belt (often called the

marine belt or

territorial sea ) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states.

Perhaps it may be said without impropriety that a state has theoretically the right to extend its territorial waters from time to time at its will with the increased range of guns. Whether it would in practice be judicious to do so . . . is a widely different matter . . . . In any case the custom of regulating a line three miles from land as defining the boundary of marginal territorial waters is so far fixed that a state must be supposed to accept it in absence of express notice.

Territory noun ; plural Territories . [ Latin territorium , from terra the earth: confer French territoire . See Terrace .] 1. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

He looked, and saw wide territory spread Before him -- towns, and rural works between.

Milton. 2. The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company. 3. In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.

Terrorism noun [ Confer French terrorisme .] The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation. Jefferson.

Terrorist noun [ French terroriste .] One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France. Burke.

Terrorize transitive verb [ Confer French terroriser .] To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and terrorized by ecclesiastical authority.

J. A. Symonds.

Terrorless adjective Free from terror. Poe.

Terry noun A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet , used for upholstery and trimmings.

Tersanctus noun [ Latin ter thrice + sanctus holy.] (Eccl.) An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word "Holy" -- in its Latin form, " Sanctus " -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Confer Trisagion .

Tertian noun [ Latin tertiana (sc. febris ): confer Old French tertiane .] 1. (Medicine) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day. 2. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun.

Tertiary adjective [ Latin tertiarius containing a third part, from tertius third: confer French tertiaire . See Tierce .] 1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. Trench. 2. (Chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Confer Primary , and Secondary . 3. (Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary. 4. (Zoology) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.

Tertiary color , a color produced by the mixture of two secondaries. "The so-called tertiary colors are citrine , russet , and olive. " Fairholt. --

Tertiary period . (Geol.) (a) The first period of the age of mammals, or of the Cenozoic era. (b) The rock formation of that period; -- called also Tertiary formation . See the Chart of Geology . --

Tertiary syphilis (Medicine) , the third and last stage of syphilis, in which it invades the bones and internal organs.

Tertiary noun ; plural Tertiaries 1. (R. C. Ch.) A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries ; the Dominican tertiaries ; the Carmelite tertiaries . See Third Order , under Third . Addis & Arnold. 2. (Geol.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation. 3. (Zoology) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird .

Tertiate transitive verb [ Latin tertiatus , past participle of tertiare to do for the third time, from tertius the third.] 1. To do or perform for the third time. [ Obsolete & R.] Johnson. 2. (Gun.) To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.

Tertium quid [ Latin ] A third somewhat; something mediating, or regarded as being, between two diverse or incompatible substances, natures, or positions.

Terutero noun [ Probably so named from its city.] (Zoology) The South American lapwing ( Vanellus Cayennensis ). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing .

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